Rail

(noun.) any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud.

(noun.) a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal).

(noun.) short for railway; 'he traveled by rail'; 'he was concerned with rail safety'.

(verb.) complain bitterly.

(verb.) fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; 'They are railing for fresh fish'.

(verb.) lay with rails; 'hundreds of miles were railed out here'.

(verb.) convey (goods etc.) by rails; 'fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium'.

(verb.) separate with a railing; 'rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace'.

(verb.) provide with rails; 'The yard was railed'.

(verb.) enclose with rails; 'rail in the old graves'.

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• I left Cairo within an hour or two after the receipt of this dispatch, going by rail via Indianapolis. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Rested and refreshed, we took the rail happy and contented. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The completed rail is then covered with a finishing strip, known as the blind rail, which covers the unsightly bolt heads and adds to the artistic effect of the table. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Confused, Mr. Huskisson tried to go around the open door of the carriage, which projected over the opposite rail. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Again I climbed to the ship's rail. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• This model showed itself capable of traveling at high speed on a single rail, rounding sharp curves and even traversing with ease a wire cable hung in the air. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man--Fagin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Stephenson laid down new rails at Killingworth with half-lap joints, or extending over each other for a certain distance at the ends, instead of the butt joints that were formerly used. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• All the bridges over these had been destroyed, and the rails taken up and twisted by the enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• If extended in straight lines, it would build a track of two rails to the moon, and more than a hundred thousand miles beyond it. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• In 1804, at Pen y Darran, South Wales, a third engine was built, which was the first steam locomotive ever to run on rails. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The convertible rails, however, because of their rigidity, are more desirable than the convertible cushions. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He realized that the road and the rails were almost as important as the engine itself. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The rails were insulated from the ties by giving them two coats of japan, baking them in the oven, and then placing them on pads of tar-impregnated muslin laid on the ties. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He railed at us for our pains, terming us des ménagères avares; but we let him talk, and managed the economy of the repast our own way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He railed over it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• On hearing that I had been once more discovered I started so that the railing against which I leaned cracked again. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He was always railing against the rich people, for whom he did work, for their poor taste. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• One's safest course that day was to clasp a railing and hang on; walking was too precarious a pastime. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Upon the top of the bank was a low brick wall, surmounted by an iron railing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The lawyer turns, leans his arms on the iron railing at the top of the steps, and looks at the lamplighter lighting the court-yard. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The house was separated from the street by a low wall and railing, the whole not more than five feet high. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The sweet-scented leaves of the flower on my left hand just brushed my cheek as I lightly rested my head against the railing. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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